LARCENY CHARGE AGAINST COLLEGE FRESHMAN WITH NO CRIMINAL RECORD DISMISSED AT CLERK MAGISTRATE HEARING UPON ATTORNEY GERALD J. NOONAN’S REPRESENTATION.

Quincy Police were dispatched to Walmart for a shoplifting incident by an employee, the Defendant who admitted to the police that he had stolen various items. It was alleged that the Defendant, and other employees, were part of a scheme of stealing and hiding items. As a result, Defendant was charged with Larceny under $1,200 pursuant to G.L. c. 266, §30C.

Result: At a Clerk Magistrate Hearing, Attorney Gerald J. Noonan argued that his client should have been charged as a juvenile, as he was under the age of 18 at the time of the offenses. The client graduated from high school with a great G.P.A. and was a member of the Chess Team and was on the varsity Track Team. Defendant is presently a freshman in college majoring in Computer Technology. He also obtained his real estate license and worked for a real estate agency while attending college, which he used to pay his tuition. Evidence showed that the other employees were more culpable in the thefts. Attorney Gerald J. Noonan was able to get the criminal complaint dismissed at the Clerk’s Hearing, and his client will have no criminal record, as a criminal record would have seriously affected this young man’s life.